[Reader-list] [foil] For Marx too, market’s boss

Sun Feb 24 12:33:39 IST 2008

On 2/24/08, OISHIK SIRCAR <oishiksircar at gmail.com> wrote:

> For Marx too, market's boss
>
>  The complete works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels can cost up to Rs
>  1.5 lakh and come bearing the stamp of the US and Britain, two most
>  potent
>  symbols of capitalism.

The yellow journalism of the Telegraph fails to mention that the complete
works of Marx and Engels, and many other Marxist writers, are freely
available online at the MIA:

Marxists Internet Archive (MIA) --  www.marxists.org :
The most complete library of Marxism with content in over 40 languages and
the works of over 400 authors readily accesible by archive, subject, or
history.
www.marxists.org

Furthermore, for those without Internet connection, they supply DVDs -- and
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